Lassiter Mill Waterfall Park and the Raleigh Greenway connection has always caused confusion and it seems as though it is a broken link. It is suggested you sit by the Lassiter Mill water fall and relax before searching for the hidden link to Crabtree Valley Mall, North Hills Park, Shelly lake and the House Creek Greenway.
A short ashalt greenway path off of Lassiter Mill road is at the edge of Alder Root Elementary. it exists onto the residential road next to the school. Go up the hill beyond Alder Root Elementary to the high ground at an overlook onto Lassiter Mill waterfall park. One you have passed Alder Root elementary you follow the sidewalk beyond the row of houses until the sidewalk ends.
A sign directs you to the entrance of this rustic past of the RaleighGreenway. The wooden steps with a wood plank bike ramp leads you to a dirt path of eroded exposed roots from the trees of this thick creek side forest. It bends around trees, extruding rock boulders just on the edge of Crabtree Creek.
Riding and walking on a tail of exposed roots in a rustic setting may not be suitable and the alternative is to continue on Hertfiord St. following the bend of Crabtree Creek on Allenghany Dr. It is a short distance to the Allenghany street entrance of the Raleigh Greenway.
I refer to this section as the Alder Root section. The Root family lived in the neighborhood and the elementary school was named for Alder Root when it opened in 1958.
